A Healing-Centered Curriculum focuses on the creation and implementation of a curriculum designed with and for refugee youth on the themes of: imperialism as a trauma-inducing force; global healing practices; and intergenerational and cross-cultural resiliency building. The project will allow youth to place their lived and ancestral knowledge in dialogue with one another to build a network of anti-colonial connectivity which disrupts the role of imperialist ideas at the center, and instead puts those of anti-colonial healing and resilience in their rightful place. The result of this research will be a developed curriculum on intergenerational and community healing tailored specifically to communities of youth who have experienced war, migration, and displacement.

Advisor: Elena Shih (American Studies)